Decline

Prior

Prior to the adoption of Christianity entered St.Vladimir,
the Slavic tribes that inhabited the Kievan Rus, professed
pagan religion. Its essence — worship is not one, but several gods, as was the custom among all the peoples
of pre-Christian period. In addition to the pantheon of
major gods, which included Perun, Hors, Dazhdbog,
Stribog, Simargl and Mokosh Slavs worshiped a
number of deities of a lower order who
persofied the various forces of nature, and all kinds of
spirits. Presentation of numerous patrons supernatural
origin formed the basis of Slavic mythology, which it
shares with the more mythologies of ancient
civilizations: Egypt, India, Greece, Rome, ect.